Most international organizations produce exensive statistics on Africa. Major titles include the United Nation's

Demographic Yearbook, contains general tables including a world summary of selected demographic statistics, statistics on the size, distribution and trends in national populations, natality, foetal mortality, infant and maternal mortality, general mortality, nuptiality and divorce.

Statistical Yearbook Ref. HA12.5 U63 Also available online. This is the most general of the United Nations statistical publications

http://edc.library.emory.edu/content/links - The Data Freeway, a thematically-organized collection of links to on-line data sources. The sources here are often more specialized and niche-oriented than the resources included in this guide.

Afrobarometer is an independent, nonpartisan research project that measures the social, political and economic atmosphere in Africa. Surveys are conducted in more than a dozen African countries and are repeated on a regular cycle. Because the instrument asks a standard set of questions, countries can be systematically compared. Trends in public attitudes are tracked over time. Data can be downloaded or analyzed online. Maintained by Michigan State University. Most Afrobarometer data is also available from the Emory Electronic Data Center. More info. Additional online analysis is available at ICPSR.

Sub-Saharan Africa Religion Survey findings from more than 25,000 face-to-face interviews conducted on behalf of the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life in more than 60 languages or dialects in 19 sub-Saharan African nations from December 2008 to April 2009.

Global Well Being Full Report(PDF; 190 KB) is classifies respondents as “thriving,” “struggling,” or “suffering,” according to how they rate their current and future lives on a ladder scale based on the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale.

Index of African Governancerates governance in 48 African countries by using statistics ranging from elections to refugees and human rights.

USAID CSO Sustainability Index for Africa. Started in 2009. Measures the sustainability of each country's CSO sector based on seven dimensions: legal environment, organizational capacity, financial viability, advocacy, service provision, infrastructure, and public image